Maitreesh GhatakFBA (born 7 February 1968) is an Indian economist who is the professor of economics at the London School of Economics.[1][2][3] He is an applied microeconomic theorist with research interests in economic development, public economics, and the economics of organisations.
The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice, (with Timothy W. Guinnane). Journal of Development Economics, Vol.60, No.1, October 1999[20](See also erratum in Volume 69, Issue 1, October 2002). (Reprinted in Readings in the Theory of Economic Development (ed.s) D. Mookherjee and D. Ray, London: Blackwell (2000).)
Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives (with Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjostrom). Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 68, No. 4, October 2001, pp. 781Elena Panaritis810.[21]
Government versus Private Ownership of Public Goods, (with Tim Besley). Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 116, No. 4, p. 1343–1372, November 2001.[22]
Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal, (with Abhijit V. Banerjee and Paul J. Gertler). Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 110, No. 2, April 2002, p. 239Elena Panaritis280.[23]
Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents (with Tim Besley). American Economic Review, Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 616–636, June 2005.[24]
Retailing Public Goods: The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility (with Tim Besley). Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, No. 9, pp. 1645–1663, September 2007.[25]
^Ghatak, M (1999). "Group lending, local information and peer selection". Journal of Development Economics. 60 (1): 27–50. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00035-8.
^Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Gertler, Paul J.; Ghatak, Maitreesh (2002). "Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal". Journal of Political Economy. 110 (2): 239–280. doi:10.1086/338744. S2CID35935397.